Egypt and the Nile: the two are inextricably linked. Two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Herodotus, looking back on twenty-five centuries of recorded history, wrote, “Egypt is an acquired country, the gift of the river.” The ancient Egyptians took advantage of the great gift by building a civilization almost alien in its grandeur, ennobling the Nile’s banks with stunning monuments to their overweening sense of destiny. Since before the days of Herodotus, Egypt and its life giving river have been a lodestone of the imagination, as they were to the great traveler H.M. Stanley, who gently wrote, “To those who wish to be wise, to be healthful, to borrow real pleasure from a serious life, I would say, come and see the Nile.”

We spend four days on a gem of a Nile cruiser— your choice of boats includes the new, all-suite Star Goddess—and our arrangements are deluxe, including the services of a private Egyptologist. Note, too, that our trip price includes domestic airfares (not always the case), our land touring is done in private vehicles with a private guide (ditto), and we offer extras like additional tomb visits. And now, details well in hand, contemplate: Cairo, the Pyramids, Luxor, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and Queens, the Temple of Horus, Aswan, and Abu Simbel . . . the very names of Egyptian romance.

Day 1: Arrive Cairo • Days 2 & 3: Cairo, the Pyramids • Day 4: Fly to Luxor • Day 5: Board Nile Cruiser, Valley of the Kings and Queens • Day 6: Luxor, sail to Edfu • Day 7: Edfu and Kom Ombo • Day 8: Sail to Aswan • Day 9: Disembark ship, fly to Abu Simbel • Day 10: Aswan to Cairo • Day 11: Return to USA.

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